Zopilote Machine

by The Mountain Goats

Zopilote Machine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: Ajax
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Considered the first proper full-length album by The Mountain Goats after a series of cassette releases, 'Zopilote Machine' captures the essence of John Darnielle's early lo-fi aesthetic. Recorded entirely on a Panasonic boombox, the album relies solely on aggressive acoustic guitar strumming, tape hiss, and intensely literary, narrative-driven lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, lo-fi, acoustic, folklore, folk, male-vocals, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Alpha Incipiens
  2. Azo Tle Nelli In Tlalticpac?
  3. Alpha Sun Hat
  4. The Black Ice Cream Song
  5. Sinaloan Milk Snake Song
  6. We Have Seen The Enemy
  7. Standard Bitter Love Song #7
  8. Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums
  9. Orange Ball Of Love
  10. Orange Ball Of Hate
  11. Bad Priestess
  12. Going To Bristol
  13. Young Caesar 2000
  14. Going To Lebanon
  15. Grendel's Mother
  16. Song For Tura Satana
  17. Alpha In Tauris
  18. Going To Georgia
  19. Quetzalcoatl Is Born

Credits

  • Mark Givens - artwork by [paint-and-pencil mountain goat mandala]
  • Amy Piatt - performer [we are]
  • John Darnielle - performer [we are]
  • Rachel Ware - performer [we are]
  • Rosanne Lindley - performer [we are]
  • Sarah Arslanian - performer [we are]
  • Bob Durkee - sequenced by

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